Freezing of DA & DR : Current rates will remain for Central Government employees & Pensioners – Finmin order

April 23, 2020GEDWEBZIP

Freezing of DA & DR : Current rates will remain for Central Government employees & Pensioners – Finmin order

No. 1/1/2020-E-II (B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 23rd April, 2020.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Freezing of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners at current rates till July 2021.

The undersigned is directed to say that in view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, it has been decided that the additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners, due from 1st January 2020 shall not be paid. The additional installments of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief due from 1st July 2020 and 1st January 2021 shall also not be paid. However, Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief at current rates will continue to be paid.

2. As and when the decision to release the future installment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief due from 1st July 2021 is taken by the Government, the rates of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief as effective from 1st January 2020, 1st July 2020 and 1st January 2021 will be restored prospectively and will be subsumed in the cumulative revised rate effective from 1st July 2021. No arrears for the period from 1st January 2020 till 30th June 2021 shall be paid.

3. These orders shall be applicable to all Central Government employees and Central Government pensioners.

This decision of freezing DA is Totally stupid,The MLAS AND MPs are all billionaires They should take 100%Salary cut Most of the MLAs and MPs are worth more Than 100 crores,They should foot the bills in this covid crisis Already Many industrialist have contributed to PM cares the Amount collected is huge. I don’t mind contributing or taking a salary cut but the whole exercise is a FAILURE as all these FUNDS will be used for ANOTHER ELECTION.The POOR and NEEDY will not get ANYTHING.🙏🙏

Freezing of DA/DR for central govt employees/pensioners till 1st July 2020 is a well come step in view of covid19. I am a defence civilian pensioner and I make a humble submission to finance ministry to issue a circular requesting all pensioners to voluntarily surrender of one or two days pension to PM relief fund as per a circular issued by BSNL for its employees.